rise of empire total war

Chapter 74 The Fall of Manan
"We have won! The enemy has retreated!"

As dusk gradually fell, the aristocratic rebels who launched the siege retreated like a tide, leaving corpses all over the ground and the wounded still howling.

This is almost a rule.Ever since the noble rebels surrounded the Kingdom Legion here, the same thing happened every day: attack, attack, attack again, retreat, retreat, retreat again.

This caused the commander of the Kingdom Army, Wood Keith, to have a lot of doubts in his heart. The commander of the noble rebels outside the city seemed to want to take the city and destroy them regardless of casualties. They dismiss the idea.

Standing on the city wall that was almost stained red with blood, General Wood quietly observed the enemy's garrison outside the city. He was full of maturity and stability in his old age and fame, and the same was true in terms of strategic deployment and tactics.He will not make judgments easily without knowing the reality of the enemy.

And it was his stability that allowed King Anders to appoint him as commander-in-chief with confidence—a stable general was what the kingdom needed most when the strength was lower than that of the noble rebels.

"Let the soldiers rest well, we can guard this city wall until we die of old age!" Wood said.

However, in fact, under the city wall of Manan, the aristocratic rebels on the siege side had dug a tunnel day and night. In order to prevent the tunnel from collapsing, the rebels brought in wooden planks for reinforcement.

This was the idea that Inguiarde, the leader of the noble rebels, came up with. In order to successfully capture the city in front of him, he sent people to inspect the quality of the local land as early as the first day of the siege, and finally got good news. ——The soil is soft and suitable for tunnel excavation.

After several days of fighting day and night, this tunnel was finally dug into the city wall of Manan. It only needed Inguiard's order to break through the ground and enter the city along the tunnel, bringing a big surprise to the defenders.

……

into the night.

At night, the city of Manan was silent, and it was also pitch black. Except for the light from the burning torches set up every few meters on the city wall, there was no other light source. The friction sound was infinitely amplified in this silent night.

clang clang-

A group of patrolling soldiers walked neatly under the city wall with spears and shields in their hands. After they walked far away, the soft ground suddenly collapsed, revealing a black hole. Then, a human head popped out, confirming that this was the city wall of Manan City. Finally, the owner of the human head quickly got up from the hole, and a small group of soldiers with weapons quickly followed behind him.

"Kill the patrols and sentries without attracting other people's attention, control the city wall, and welcome the soldiers outside the city to come in!" The leader said, and the soldiers who came out behind him immediately agreed in a low voice, and then separated and scattered. .

This is the vanguard squad of the noble rebels, and their mission is what the leader said.

In the darkness of the night, a massacre against the Royal Army is about to begin...

……

"Enemy attack!!!"

The moment he heard the enemy attack warning, General Wood jumped up from the bed. Before he had time to think about what happened outside, he quickly took the saber on the table, pushed open the door and walked out. After walking a few steps, a soldier covered in blood stumbled towards him, knelt down on the ground, panting heavily, and said, "My lord, the rebels used some method to break into the city. A large number of people raided our barracks, and a group of people came towards us!"

"what?"

What Wood was most worried about finally happened. He didn't have time to be surprised. He jumped over the kneeling soldiers and ran out of the Santo's Mansion. Standing on the steps of the Santo's Mansion, looking around, the whole city was in chaos. Well, the streets of the city that should have been pitch-black are full of sparks—they are the light from the torches held by people, and these fires are gradually converging, heading towards the City Lord's Mansion in the center of the city!

In the barracks near the city wall, the flames were already burning into the sky. With the light of the fire, the soldiers of the Royal Army were fighting with the noble rebel soldiers who launched a night attack.The Royal Army soldiers who were caught off guard by the night attack reacted quickly after the initial confusion and looked for weapons that could be used around them to fight back against the enemy. However, lacking weapons and protection, they could only be crushed and beaten by the outnumbered enemies.

"General Wood, the guards have assembled!"

At this moment, a rough voice sounded, and Wood looked for the sound. It was the captain of the personal guard assigned to him by King Anders, and behind the captain was a fully armed elite guard.

"Fight to the barracks, I want to save the kingdom's army!" Wood shouted, and even though he was only wearing casual clothes, he was about to draw his sword and rush to the barracks.

But he still failed to get his wish, because when he was about to advance, a large number of noble rebels had already killed along the street, and Wood could only lead the guards to charge the enemy.

"Kill! For King Anders!"

……

When Richard rushed to Manan City, the familiar red roaring war bear banner on a white background was flying on the city walls.And on the opened city gate, there was a ferocious head hanging with death. After witnessing all this, Richard couldn't help feeling a little annoyed in his heart-he knew that he was late, that Manan City had fallen, and the Royal Army It was also destroyed here, the head that was hung must be the commander of the Kingdom Army.

He was so annoyed, but it didn't help, so he had to leave here with his soldiers and walk in the direction of Aosta on the map.

Since the army was destroyed here, the royal family must be at its weakest at this time. If Richard went to Aosta, it should be helpful. Since he failed to catch up with the battle of Manan City, he must not fail to catch up with the battle of Aosta.

(End of this chapter)